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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-05
BATTLEBORO FARMERS CLUB.

By the invitation Of J. J. Battle,
Esq, of Edgecombe county, the Bat
tleboro Famers' Club met at his hos
pitible residence on Thursday, the l4th
inst.
1t was pleasant gathering of farmer
friends and one tending to the further
ance of one object of the Farmers
Clubs, the cultivation of the social ell
ement = = j: y
Capt Simmons thought the present
depression among farmers was mostly
attributable to the persistent growing
of cotton to the exclusion of products
for home consumption.
'When [ was boy" continued
Capt. Simmons, ''while walking in the
old town Of Halifax, came up with
a yearling grazing in the street Pos
sessed with the sudden born and mex
plicable impulse of boyhood, [ grabbed
him by the tail and here we went, he'll
ter skelter down the street-people
shouting, hurrah Simmons, hurrah
calf-until suddenly and unexpectedly
turning corner we parted company,
and l found myself sprawling on the
ground. Draw a. moral, my friends
from this little incident of my boy
hood. If you persist in clinging to
cotton you may find yourselves badly
foored -~-.5
Mr.. Geo. G. Battle then took the
floor and spoke as follows: q agree
in part with our venerable friend, gen
tlemen, that neglect in producing our
supplies at home has been cause of
the present depression among farmers.
But there are other and greater causes
than those of individual mismanage-
ment of farmers. Were it confined
only to the growers of cotton, we
might readily accept the theory entire.
But among the farmers of the North,
among those of the grain producing
States of the Northwest, and even of
the proverbially fertile and wealthy
blue grass State we find this depres-
sion. Can all this financial strain,
gentlemen, be attributable to errors in
the various systems of farmers ? Does
it seem practicable to suppose that
nearly every farmer in every section
is an egregious blunderer
It is true we fall into errors both of
omission and commission, (whst work
ers in any vocation do not p, but the
fundamental cause of the present de-
preston lies beyond the errors of the
farmer in his business. It lies in the
various systems originating in our ma
tional legislature, systems Matched of
errors and fraud, yet so subtle that
vampire like they draw the life blood
while the victim sleeps in fatal igno-
rance.
[ will not now enter into detailed
discussion of the various systems by
which the people and especially the
Agricultural classes have been robbed
for the continual aggrandizement of
the wealthy few, the Protective Tariff
humbug, the National Banking sys-
tenn, or the Currency Question Thor
oughly consider these systems in their
relations to Agricultural interests, and
we can but trace to them this onerous
pressure, this widespread depression.
And let us along with the mere con-
sideration of these questions, study
the means Of remedy, and act, act
but with our best efforts
for it's accomplishment. t.-Heodlaght.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-05

An Ohio farmer says that last year
he raised 800, 900 cabbages and kept
the flea beetles away at cost of sin
gle dollar. His method is to pour a.
gallon of spirits of turpentine into a
barrel of landplaster, and when the
plaster is dampened all through, as it
will be in few days, spread it broad
cast over the field. 1t is better than
lime or ashes, and may be applied when
the plants are wet with rain or dew.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-05

Senator Reagan and ex-senator
Maxey have taken the stump for pro-
hibitiom in Texas. An excited cam
paign has already begun, and both
sides are confident of victory.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-05
OUR FARMERS CLUBS.
What our Farmers are Doing and How
the Work of Organizing is
Progressing.

Goose Greek Farmers Club, in
Union county, now numbers sixty
members
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-30
A Universal FayOrlte.

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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-30

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Is Consumption lncurable?

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Testing Drinking Water.

DR.. Riabinin of Tchuguey recommends
testing drinking water by adding eight
to fifteen drops of solution of nitrate of
silver Zone grain Of the salt to half
Of distilled or boiled water) to a glassful
Of water under examination. Nitrate Of
ailver decomposes chlorides and gives q
white p~recipitate Of chloride of silver and
at the same time precipitates all proteids
dissolved in water. If the p~recipitate
be trihing, proportionate to the silver
solution added, its surface smooth, color
purely and equally white and falls to the
bottom of the vessel rapidly, the water is
good. If the precipitate is considerable
the water contains organic matter; the
more considerable the precipitate (in pro-
portion to the solution Of silver added) the
worse the water. If the surface shows
threadlike or fecky processes and is gray
In color, the water is bad, A blue dis
celebration in the water Caused by the
chloride Of silver combining with m
monia) points to the presence Of decom-
posing vegetable matter; the more blue
the worse is the latter. A black precipi-
tate shows decomposing products of ami
NAL matter. Sun rays or even strong
daylight should be avoided during ex-
animation. A violet discoloration, with
out any preceding blue, takes place in
any water; the earlier this violet discolor-
alton takes place the better the water ex-
amined.-Engineering News.
, 1887-03-29

Nature is ever undoing what she has
already done, e pulling her own work
to pieces, as though dissatisfied with it,
and wishing to build it up anew. She
brings flowers, trees, men and women into
existence, tends them with loving care,
brings them to maturity, and consigns
them to decay. The sun rises to the zenith,
only to sink again beneath the horizon.
Winter melts into spring, and spring into
summer; but summer passes into autumn,
and autumn into winter again. And SO
it Is with greater things as well The
earth upon which we live had its begin.
ming; can we doubt that it also must meet
its end? Even as we pass u little day
upon it we a see it change before our
eyes, viewing, as it were, but one short
scene in the mighty drama upon which
the curtain must fall at last. Forces, ami
mate and inanimate. are ever at work
above, below and around us. Islands arc
raised from the sea; mountains open and
belch forth their fiery torrents upon the
country for miles around; floods perform
their work of destruction; glaciers move
slowly onward, and sweep hamlets and
villages away. And the unseen forces of
nature are working as surely and as stead
lily as the seen. That 1--WE die daily" Is
no nero figure of speech; at every breath
we cast off part of our substance, effetc
matter from which the life has departed.
And the earth dies daily, too.-Theodore
Wood in Sunday Magazine.
, 1887-03-29

In the early history of southwestern
Pennsylvania, in Somerset county, and
not far from the Maryland line, an emf
grant pitched his tent one night on the
banks of the Turkeyfoot river, a tributary
of the Youghiogheny, a beautiful noun
tain stream. The occurrence was early
in the present century and was not an I'M
common affair, but what followed in the
long years that have since passed is the
wonder and admiration of all who have
bcheld it.
The family in question was doubtless
in search of a suitable site for a future
home, and dreamed of no i'll ere the time
of that encampment. During their tem-
porary halt one of their dear children
was stricken down and buried in a lonely
and uninhabited spot in the little valley.
1t is supposed they (the parents) planted
six small yellow poplars-three on each
side of the Grave-to make the resting
place of their darling child. Years passed
and the poplars grew, and to-day they
may be seen by the traveller as one undi-
vided and solid trunk to the height of
about seven feet, where they divide and
are known for miles around as 1.-THE Six
Poplars." These bodies are of nearly
equal size, being each about two feet in
diameter and about 100 feet to the low
est limbs, straight and clear Of knots. In
the vacuum at the place of separation
there remains a rude stone, which marks
the date Of burial and the name of de-
ceased. The land has been cleared Of
other timber, but that tree-or trees
stands alone some distance from any
habitation. Albert Cotton in Waterloo
News
, 1887-03-29

Tho most beautiful object in the serag
lilo = not anything in the treasury, bu.
the lovely little 'Bagdad Kiosk. built,
says tradition, by Murad " in imitation
of one he saw when he conquered Bag
dad. l doubt very much if any such
building ever existed at BsSdad. The
tiles are not at all Persian in style. but
arc of the blue kind so common in Cairo.
and resemble especially those of tho
mosque of Abrahim Agha 1852, which
may possibly ave been shipped to Egypt
from Constantinople. The kiosk, with its
tile lining and inlaid doors and painted
ceilings, is a dainty little edifice, moro
like a Cairo than a Stambouli building;
but the view from its veranda is moro
beautiful still.
Earth hath not anything to show
more fair" than this exquisite view over
the Bosphorus. The expresses and crumb-
ling masses Of irregular old buildings of
tho Seraglio conceal the shipping and the
bridge and less picturesque portions of
the city; at our feet are the neglected
shrubs and lawn of the quiet, peaceful
palace garden, and over the battle
mented wall we can see the mouth of the
Golden Horn, and look past it up the
winding Bosphorus, past Scutari on the
one side and Ortakeui on tho other, till
We almost see the Sweet Waters of Asia.
Clothed with verdure, fringed with white
palaces and ruined wooden mansions Of
the past, the Bosphorus is a real earthly
paradise, and the sultans never. made a
greater mistake thar when they left the
lovely seclusion of the old seraglio, with
Its glorious view, and went to live on the
top of the hill of Yildiz. -Constantinople
Cor. London Times.
, 1887-03-29
Enjoy Life

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when in perfect health; but how often do
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Heart, and other distressing symptoms.
Three doses OF August Ftper will prove
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cents. Try il.
, 1887-03-29

The Franco-G German war In 1870
brought about tho reform in war CORES
pondence. At the commencement Of hos
~tiiiiies | was at Spicteren, q small town
on tive border of those two countries. The
town was held by a small body of German
soldiers. and on the neighboring heights
was a large army Of Frenchmen. In case
they attacked the town we had determined
to run. There is the comical as well as
the tragic side always in war, and both
these clements we experienced at Spic-
teren. A young German girl had come
to say good by to her lover, a sergeant in
the small detachment. Some Of us con-
ceived the idea that they should be mar
ried. Leave of absence was applied for
for the soldier and granted on condition
that at the first sound of the alarm he
should be back at his post.
The ceremony commenced, and just rs
the clergyman came to the important
part the buglo sounded the alarm. The
French had commenced the attack.
Hastily buckling on his belt the soldier
ran to his post. Shot and shell burst
over the town and one crashed into the
kitchen stove and destroyed the wedding
breakfast. We all hastily retired to
another town a few miles off. That night
was still again, and we determined not to
be done out of our wedding, SO we found
the soldier and girl, and next day they
were married. Next day the battle was
renewed and the French were repulsed.
Wandering over the field among the
killed and trying to assist the wounded, l
came across the bridegroom, stone dead.
He was shot through the throat. In his
hand hc held a picture of his young bride.
stained with his LIES blood.-London
Cor. New York Mail and Express.
, 1887-03-29

Forgetfulness of Pierce and Harrison.
Franklin Pierce and William Henry
Harrison had miserable memories. 1t is
said hat on one occasion q member of
the formers cabinet presented his daugh-
Ger to him. A moment after an attache
Of the English diplomatic corps requested
al introduction to the lady. Pierce
turned. looked at her, offered his hand
and stammered an apology while he
asked her name. She was completely
confused, and the officer, who had seen
the first introduction, was at a loss for
words. The situation was exceedingly
unpleasant. At u reception at the White
House Harrison was the center of a
coterie of beautiful women and courtly
men, exchanging the civilities of the
hour, and in high feather with himself
and the world. A tall gentleman, with
side whiskers, with aquiline features, clad
in the mode of the miniature court which
surrounds a president, approached him,
extending his hand. The group parted
before the visitor, who, with a calm dig
nifty, advanced. General, / greet and
congratulate you, " the stranger said. II
do not know you, sir, " replied Harrison.
II was your chief of staff, sir, during the
Indian wars, " responded the intruder as
he majestically confronted his whilom
chieftain. In a moment the president
recognized his old comrade in arms.
Though apologies for his forgetfulness
were profuse, yet, it is said, his aid never
forgot the slight.-Chicago Herald.
, 1887-03-29

Mary Stanton was arraigned and tried
before Judge Fisher on the charge Of
petit larceny yesterday. She was charged
with having stolen a couple of fatirons
and door key from Mrs. Helen jenkins
and the evidence fully substantiated the
charge. She was convicted and a small
fine imposed, which, together with costs,
amounted to less than 81. She was
taken up to the county Jail, but while ar
rangements were being made to assign her
quarters. she left the court house and
came down for the purpose, as she ex-
pressed it, Of getting the money to pay
the fine At last accounts she was still
absent and will probably have to be
hunted up by the sheriff.
, 1887-03-29

Nervous Debility. Seminal Weakness,
Exhausted vitality, Lost manhood, and
all the terrible effects Of self abuse and
excuses in maturer years. such as noe.
turnal emissions, loss of memory, dimness
of vision, aversion TO society, the vital
fluid passing unobserved in the urine and
other symptoms that lead to insanity and
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suffering from the above should consult US
at once. Cure guaranteed IN all such
cases. CONSULTATION FREE.
Chemical analysis, including thorough
microscope, examinations of the urine. So.
An honest opinion given in all cases. We
furnish The Great English Remedy, ST.
Astg Cooper's Vital Restoratiire, at 81 a
bottle, or four times the quantity $40
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Address English Medical Dispensayy, No.
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, 1887-03-29
Proposals for military Supplies.
HEADERS DEPT OF THE PLATTE,
OFFICE OF CHIEF .QUARTERMAsTER,
Oxr.u. Nh M.r1l on 1907

OMAHA, Neb., March 2g, 1887.
Sealed proposal, in triplicate, subject to
usual conditions will be received at this
Office until IL o'clock noon central stan
dari time) on the dates named hereafter.
at which times and place they will be
opened In the presence of bidders, for fur
nishing and delivery of fuel, forage, straw.
and charcoal, during the fiscal year com
mencing July LIST, 1887, at each of the iol-
lowing military posts aud stations: Omaha
Fort Omaha, Niobrara, Robinson, Sidney.
b. A. Russell, Bndger, Laramie, McKin-
ney. Washable, DuChesne. and Douglas,
Camp Pilot Butte at Rock SPRINGS, Wyo.,
Valentine. Neb., Lusk. Wyo., Douglas,
Wyo., Rawlins, Wyo.. Price, Utah, and
the Department Rife Range at Bellevue,
Neb. Proposals for wood, coal, and
charcoal will he opened Saturday, April
Both. 1887. Proposals for hay. straw,
grain and bran will be opened Tuesday,
May oath. 1857. Except at Omaha
depot, proposals will also be received up
to the same hour central time) by the
quartermasters at each station above
named for supplies required for his station
only. Proposals will be received at this
ot1ce until May 24th, 1881, Tor supplying
grain and bran at Rawlins and Carter,
Wyo., and also at Salt Lake City and
Price Station, Utah.
Preference will be given to articles of
domestic production an manufacture, con-
dltions of price and quality being equal,
and such preference will be given to arti-
cles OF American production and manufac-
ture produced on the Pacific coast to the
extent OF the consumption required by the
public service there. Proposals for either
class OF the stores mentioned or for guam
titles less than the whole required will be
received. The government reserves the
right to reject any or all proposals or to
accept any proposal for a less quantity
than the total bid for.
Blank proposals and full instructions
will be furnished on application to this
Office or to the quartermasters at the
various posts named. Envelopes con-
tanning proposals should be marked:
Proposals for--, at -," and
addressed to the undersigned or to tho
respective quartermasters.
G.. B. DANDY,
Quartermaster, U. s. A., Chief Quarter
master.
, 1887-03-29

Suggins was passing a watchmaker's
establishment, and looking in at the
window he noticed q very pretty girl at
the counter.
"Ha." he soliloquized, I'm go in and
ta..e a look at her under some pretext or
other"
He entered, and was waited on by the
young lady's father.
What can l do for your"
Il want to get q key for my watch"
he stammered, fastening his eyes on the
young lady.
Let me see your watch, " said the
matchmaker.
As if in a dream he took out his
watch. The matchmaker examined it
and said, with surprise:
"Why, your watch is u stem winder."
He doesn't remember how he got out,
but lie does remember that the young
lady laughed.-TeNas Siftings.
, 1887-03-29

Items of Interest Concerning Prominent
People.

Sterling Birmingham is in the city.
United States Marshal Carr is in Lara
mic.
Abe Idelman is absent on a business
trip.
j. NJ. Tompkins has returned from the
East.
j. A. McGonigle has returned from
Omaha.
Nj. Wassermann has returned from
Colorado.
Frank Williams. of Carbon, is expected
in Cheyenne to-day.
Judge ]. r. Whitehead came in from
his ranch yesterday.
George barrow, a leading real estate
man of Denver, is in the city.
Territorial Auditor M. N. Grant came
down to Cheyenne from Laramie yester-
day.
Aon. A. S. Peabody. of Laramie City.
chairman OF the territorial auditing
board, came down to Cheyenne yester-
day.
, 1887-03-29
Boyootting IIindoo Women.

Boycotting and ~outcasting are made
doubly oppressive to Hindoo women, and
for the most trifing reasons. A married
oma not putting the sindoor "a red
POWDER on the parting Of her hair is
~boycotted. In the country, if a mother
in-law eats or lives in the house of her
son-in-law before her daughter has q
child she will be at once b~oycotted. A
young married lady was boycotted for
not observing some ceremony at the birth
Of her child. A man can regain his
caste by performing the expiatory rites,
but an outcast woman, especially If she
has broken away from the zenana or
associated with non-Hindoos, is never
taken back to her caste. st. James
Gazette.
, 1887-03-29

LOST don't know where, | can't
tell when. l don't see how-something Of
great value to me, and for the return of
which l shall be truly thankful, viz: a good
appetite"
FOUND-"Health and strength, pure
blood. an appetite like that Of a wolf, reg.
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hundred doses one dollar.
, 1887-03-29

On u Journey call and get a bottle of Cha
mberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea
Remedy as a safeguard against ar attack
of bowel complaint. Many prudent and
careful persons never travel without it.
Hundreds of travelling men are nsver
without a bottle of it in their grip. Many
lives and much suffering has been saved
by its timely use. No one can afford to
travel without a bottle of this pleasant.
safe and reliable preparation. Sold by w.
N. Hunt, druggist.
, 1887-03-29

Rev. A. w. Williams preached an un-
usually fine sermon at the Congregational
church Sunday forenoon, his text being,
Buy the truth and sell it not" In the
evening Rev. d. L.. RAIDER, at the Metho-
dist church, preached to a large congrega-
ton with Eternity as his theme. his SER
mon being without doubt the most i'm
pressive and effective one ever preached
in hat church.